Muster
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
V. To convene, drill, enrol, or organize soldiers; thus, a militia regiment, formally accepted for the service of the United States, is said to be " mustered into " the federal service, or, when formally discharged as a body, to be mustei'ed out. Muster, n.; a gathering of soldiers for drill, enrolment, or the like. Although the word muster, by itself, may doubtless be applied to a parade of soldiers already enrolled, armed, and trained, yet, when the preposition is added, this modifies the meaning, and " mustering into the service," or " mustering in," clearly implies that the persons mustered are not already in the service.
Tyler v. Pomeroy, 8 Allen, 480.
Muster rolL The formal list of a body of soldiers, or of a ship's company.